“At school I felt like an outcast, people bullied me because of my size and I was angry at the world,” Hoffman told Barcroft Media. “High school was a difficult time, other kids were rude and brutally bitchy. I dreaded school every day -- no one wanted to speak with me.”

“At school I felt like an outcast, people bullied me because of my size and I was angry at the world,” Hoffman told Barcroft Media. “High school was a difficult time, other kids were rude and brutally bitchy. I dreaded school every day -- no one wanted to speak with me.”